Civil filings in the W.D. Wisconsin district court

In 2025, 1,106 civil cases were filed in W.D. Wisconsin by the official count; case numbers in the public record imply 1,075.

Data through Sep 2026 from the CourtListener bulk dockets snapshot of Sep 30, 2026, and live case numbers from the court's feed. Court: W.D. Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Seventh Circuit.

Jul to Sep 2026: 376
2025, counted: 1.1k
Counted per official: 0.97x
Newest case number: 3:26-cv-01104

Civil filings per month

Calibrated monthly civil filings since the snapshot's first year, with a band for the trailing twelve-month mean plus or minus one standard deviation. Hatched months read low in the snapshot.

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Monthly figures. Implied from case numbers, calibrated to the official count, dockets observed in the snapshot. Source: CourtListener bulk dockets.
Month	Implied	Calibrated	Observed	Twelve-month mean
2015-01	67	67	64
2015-02	62	62	64
2015-03	73	73	72
2015-04	53	53	54
2015-05	75	75	75
2015-06	80	80	79	68
2015-07	104	104	68	73
2015-08	31	31	68	68
2015-09	86	86	86	70
2015-10	69	69	69	70
2015-11	68	68	66	70
2015-12	67	67	68	70
2016-01	80	80	75	71
2016-02	49	49	54	70
2016-03	72	72	72	70
2016-04	82	82	82	72
2016-05	82	82	82	72
2016-06	105	105	102	75
2016-07	66	66	67	71
2016-08	65	65	64	74
2016-09	58	58	60	72
2016-10	56	56	55	71
2016-11	78	78	76	72
2016-12	68	68	70	72
2017-01	72	72	71	71
2017-02	85	85	86	74
2017-03	93	93	90	76
2017-04	67	67	68	75
2017-05	106	106	105	77
2017-06	87	87	87	75
2017-07	86	86	85	77
2017-08	86	86	87	78
2017-09	68	68	68	79
2017-10	71	71	71	81
2017-11	87	87	87	81
2017-12	58	58	58	80
2018-01	68	68	68	80
2018-02	74	74	74	79
2018-03	87	87	87	79
2018-04	84	84	83	80
2018-05	107	107	106	80
2018-06	86	86	86	80
2018-07	88	88	86	80
2018-08	133	133	136	84
2018-09	88	88	83	86
2018-10	96	96	85	88
2018-11	82	82	97	88
2018-12	82	82	82	90
2019-01	75	75	77	90
2019-02	90	90	89	92
2019-03	80	80	81	91
2019-04	103	103	103	92
2019-05	101	101	101	92
2019-06	86	86	85	92
2019-07	92	92	92	92
2019-08	86	86	87	88
2019-09	103	103	103	90
2019-10	83	83	81	89
2019-11	79	79	80	88
2019-12	88	88	88	89
2020-01	98	98	100	91
2020-02	84	84	84	90
2020-03	138	138	124	95
2020-04	91	91	107	94
2020-05	88	88	88	93
2020-06	107	107	107	95
2020-07	106	106	105	96
2020-08	100	100	94	97
2020-09	99	99	105	97
2020-10	87	87	87	97
2020-11	73	73	73	97
2020-12	67	67	67	95
2021-01	72	72	71	93
2021-02	64	64	65	91
2021-03	80	80	79	86
2021-04	79	79	80	85
2021-05	63	63	61	83
2021-06	70	70	71	80
2021-07	55	55	54	76
2021-08	70	70	70	73
2021-09	65	65	65	70
2021-10	65	65	64	69
2021-11	76	76	75	69
2021-12	64	64	64	69
2022-01	52	54	52	67
2022-02	54	56	54	66
2022-03	76	79	75	66
2022-04	62	64	61	65
2022-05	66	68	67	65
2022-06	51	53	50	64
2022-07	55	57	56	64
2022-08	74	76	74	65
2022-09	130	134	74	70
2022-10	5	5	60	65
2022-11	59	61	59	64
2022-12	65	67	65	64
2023-01	85	89	75	67
2023-02	51	53	61	67
2023-03	73	76	72	67
2023-04	62	65	63	67
2023-05	92	96	93	69
2023-06	79	82	79	72
2023-07	73	76	72	73
2023-08	92	96	89	75
2023-09	64	67	64	69
2023-10	90	94	87	77
2023-11	65	68	63	77
2023-12	67	70	66	78
2024-01	76	71	74	76
2024-02	52	49	53	76
2024-03	81	76	79	76
2024-04	76	71	76	76
2024-05	78	73	78	74
2024-06	164	153	74	80
2024-07	0	80	88	81
2024-08	90	84	91	80
2024-09	65	61	65	79
2024-10	92	86	91	78
2024-11	84	78	70	79
2024-12	79	74	93	80
2025-01	76	78	75	80
2025-02	85	87	83	83
2025-03	87	90	86	85
2025-04	91	94	92	86
2025-05	111	114	114	90
2025-06	104	107	103	86
2025-07	89	92	90	87
2025-08	90	93	91	88
2025-09	82	84	82	90
2025-10	85	87	84	90
2025-11	84	86	85	91
2025-12	91	94	94	92
2026-01	77	79	79	92
2026-02	99	102	97	93
2026-03	112	115	108	96
2026-04	119	122	124	98
2026-05	92	95	92	96
2026-06	111	114	110	97
2026-07 low	101	104	98	98
2026-08 low	102	105	99	99
2026-09 low	173	178	177	107

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Newest case numbers

The highest civil case numbers seen, from the court's own feed and from the snapshot.

Case number	Seen	Source
3:26-cv-01104	2026-11-12 01:15 UTC	court feed
3:26-cv-01104	2026-11-11 21:08 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01079	2026-11-11 20:34 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01079	2026-11-11 20:37 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01079	2026-11-11 20:38 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-01053	2026-11-11 22:33 UTC	court feed entry
3:26-cv-00986	Sep 2026	bulk snapshot
3:25-cv-01075	Dec 2025	bulk snapshot

Numbering by divisional office

Offices that share one sequence are counted once; offices on their own sequence are added.

Year	Offices	Numbering	Base	Highest number
2025	3	own	0	1075
2026	3	own	0	986

Source: CourtListener bulk dockets

Case types

Dockets observed in the last twelve months, by nature-of-suit code.

Code	Case type	Observed	Share
440	Other Civil Rights	138	24.9%
463	Habeas Corpus: Alien Detainee	44	7.9%
360	Other Personal Injury	42	7.6%
190	Other Contract	25	4.5%
791	Employee Retirement Income Security Act	24	4.3%
410	Antitrust	24	4.3%
442	Employment	21	3.8%
465	Other Immigration Actions	19	3.4%
480	Consumer Credit	17	3.1%
890	Other Statutory Actions	14	2.5%
710	Fair Labor Standards Act	14	2.5%
446	Amer. w/Disabilities - Other	14	2.5%

Codes from the JS 44 civil cover sheet; counts are dockets observed by this source, not every case.

By year

Counted, calibrated and official civil filings each year.

Year	Implied	Calibrated	AO official	Counted per official	Observed dockets	Source
2015	835				833	CL
2016	861				859	CL
2017	966				963	CL
2018	1,075				1,073	CL
2019	1,066				1,067	CL
2020	1,138				1,141	CL
2021	823				819	CL
2022	749	774	774	0.97x	747	CL AO
2023	893	932	932	0.96x	884	CL AO
2024	937	955	955	0.98x	932	CL AO
2025	1,075	1,106	1,106	0.97x	1,079	CL AO
2026 so far	986	1,014			984	CL

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